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1 Thessalonians 2:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 8 So having tender affection for you, we were determined to impart to you, not only the good news of God but also our very selves,+ because you became so beloved to us.+

1 Thessalonians 2:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 8 So having tender affection for you, we were determined* to impart to you, not only the good news of God but also our very selves,*+ because you became so beloved to us.+

1 Thessalonians 2:8

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 8 οὕτως thus ὀμειρόμενοι having affectionate desire ὑμῶν of YOU ηὐδοκοῦμεν we were thinking well μεταδοῦναι to give share ὑμῖν to YOU οὐ not μόνον only τὸ the εὐαγγέλιον good news τοῦ of the θεοῦ God ἀλλὰ but καὶ also τὰς the ἑαυτῶν of selves ψυχάς, souls, διότι through which ἀγαπητοὶ loved (ones) ἡμῖν to us ἐγενήθητε. YOU became.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 So, having a tender affection for YOU,+ we were well pleased to impart to YOU, not only the good news of God, but also our own souls,*+ because YOU became beloved+ to us.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

The Bible in Living English
- 8 so yearning over you we were willing to pass out to you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives too, because you had become darlings of ours.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

American Standard Version
- 8 even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

King James Version
- 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.